Ranger Distress Ink

[piratesmate]

Can anyone help me with this? I have Tea Dye and just love it for inking edges and other distressing, but I wanted to use the same ink with a stamp on one of my slide mounts. I know it's slow drying & you can make it run by spritzing it with water. But it seems to "bleed out"...what I mean is the edges of the stamped design aren't crisp. It softens the overall look, which could be fine except that I was using a detailed corner stamp.

Is there any way to get a crisp edge? Am I getting too much ink on the stamp? Or is it just the nature of the ink & it will always happen?

TIA!!

 

[grover]

sometimes it depends on how much ink you get on the stamp..to much and will be "mushy"..and how hard you press..a lighter touch maybe?